What Is Elie Wiesel's Relationship To God

Elie Wiesel was a loving man. He went through a lot as a young boy. Through these experiences he has created an unique relationship with one that we call God.The relationship he had with him was very difficult. Elie started out as a young boy that loves God, then he went to a concentration camp and started to question God, finally he lost all faith in the God that he once beloved. IN the beginning of his life Elie was devoted to God. He followed Moshe the BEadle. Moishe was also very high in religion. They both followed prayers. They even studied the Kabbalah, and practiced the Kabbalah teachings. “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple,”(1.3). He spent most of his time around or inside of God and a church. He loved God with a passion that was so deep. He loved the things that God did for him and around him. “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide in my studies of the Kabbalah,”(1.4). He is a God lover. He believed every word he was hearing that God wrote, and wanted to learn even more about him and his teachings. …show more content…
“For God’s sake, where is God?” (4.206). ELie begins to wonder where God is. He felt like he should have been there helping in that situation. Elie believed that the God he once believed in as a little boy was slowly starting to die.He wanted God to help the Jews get out of the situation that they are in. “Blessed by God’s name? Why, would I bless Him?” (5.4). His faith in god is starting to be questioned. He is starting to feel that God is a being that he can no longer praise any